Passengers on long-haul flights need to implement the new regulations for rapid PCR landing inspection. On the second day on the road, the border agency of Taoyuan International Airport said that this morning, a total of 287 passengers on 6 long-haul flights were tested, and 16 people tested positive, with a positive rate of regarding 5.57%. According to the passenger forecast data of Taoji, there are 8 long-haul flights with a total of 447 passengers today. There is also a flight from San Francisco and Dubai in the United States at 7:00 pm and 11:00 pm.
The border agency said that there were 6 long-haul flights with a total of 287 passengers before noon, and 16 of them tested positive, with a positive rate of regarding 5.57%. However, the actual figures still need to be announced by the Central Epidemic Command Center.
The border agency pointed out that the BR316 flight that arrived in Taiwan from Brisbane, Australia, and the CI62 flight that arrived in Taiwan from Frankfurt, Germany, had 10 and 29 passengers on board respectively.
In addition, the BR11 flight that arrived in Taiwan from Los Angeles, USA, had a total of 80 passengers on board, and 3 of them were positive following testing; the CI7 flight that arrived in Taiwan from Los Angeles, the United States had a total of 57 passengers on board, and 4 were positive following testing; The BR31 flight that arrived in Taiwan from New York, the United States, had a total of 56 passengers on board, and 8 of them tested positive; the BR88 flight that arrived in Taiwan from Paris, France, had a total of 55 passengers on board, and one of them tested positive.
According to the passenger forecast data of Taoji, there are 8 long-haul flights with a total of 447 passengers today. In addition to the 6 flights before noon, there are 1 flight from San Francisco and Dubai in the United States at 7:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. each.
Wang Bisheng, commander of the advance command post at Taoyuan International Airport, inspected the entry inspection operation of long-haul flights early in the morning. He said that today’s operation is much smoother, and all resources are in place. In addition to the inspection volume can be greatly expanded, the personnel operations are also much more skilled, and related processes have been improved. .
Omicron variants are spreading rapidly around the world, and the number of imported cases has increased significantly recently. In order to reduce the threat of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) to the safety of domestic community epidemic prevention, passengers taking long-haul flights from Europe, the Middle East, New Zealand and Australia, etc. to Taiwan from the 11th From the new regulations on rapid PCR landing test, the test result can only be released if the test result is negative, and if the test result is positive, it will be sent to the hospital immediately.
